Barrel-truck.



'PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

H. D. FLOYD. BARREL TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED AUG.10, 1905.

THE NORRIS PlTsRs cc.. WASHINGTON, o. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARREL-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed August 10, 1905. Serial No. 273,605.

To all whom, it natty concern,

Be it known that I, HEN Y D. FLOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Trucks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a barrel truck or barrow, and more particularly to that type of truck which is designed to engage a barrel standing on end upon the ground, whereby said barrel may be raised from the ground and wheeled away without the necessity of manually lifting and depositing the barrel upon the truck or barrow.

In those communities where the municipal authorities provide for the removal of ashes and waste by the city teams there is usually enforced a rule that the barrels containing such ashes and waste must be placed upon the sidewalk near the curb, convenient for the collectors, and this means that once a week at least, if the householder desires the ashes and waste removed, he must roll and wheel numerous barrels out from his premises to the sidewalk. This means a great deal of work, and in the case of full barrels much care must be exercised in order not to spill the contents in spinning or wheeling the barrels to the sidewalk.

It is for the purpose of providing a ready and convenient truck or wheelbarrow for the use of householders in transporting barrels and for moving barrels generally without the necessity of lifting the barrels and depositing them upon the truck or in removing them from the truck that I have produced my invention.

My invention is shown in the accompany ing drawings, in which Figure 1 shows my improved wheelbarrow in side elevation engaging a barrel ready for use. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the device as it is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a plan view with the barrel removed and showing the manner of opening the wheelbarrow for engaging and disengaging a barrel.

Similar reference characters will be employed throughout the specification and drawings to designate corresponding parts.

In the drawings my improved wheelbarrow as a whole is designated by the referenceletter A and is shown engaging a barrel B.

The wheelbarrow comprises a frame "consisting of the side bars a a and the oross b'a rs a a. In the substantially rectangular frame formed by the forward parts of the sidebars a a and the cross-bars a a is mounted the wheel 0, it being supported by trimnions 0, arranged to turn freely in boxes 0 secured to the under side of the side bars a a. The side bar (1 extends integrally beyond the cross-bar a and is provided with a handhold a". The side bar a is formed of two parts and connected by a hinge a just in the rear of the cross-bar a (see Figs. 2 and 3,) and the hinged section a of the side bar a is provided with a handhold a From the foregoing construction it will be seen that my improved wheelbarrow may be said to comprise a rigid substantially rectangular wheel-frame and an expansible barrel-engaging frame. The advantage of this construction is that the manipulation of the barrel-engaging frame cannot in any way affoot the hearing or support for the wheel, and thus the wheel is maintained in its true position and cannot be deflected or displaced by the operation of the barrel-engaging frame. This will be found to be a great advantage over the devices of a similar character heretofore known.

The barrel-engaging frame is preferably provided with the gripping-jaws d, d, and d whereby and when said frame is closed upon the barrel the barrel will be gripped, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

A suitable locking device, such as the pivoted bar 6, supported upon the side bar a by a pivot e and arranged to engage by its notches e a pin a", carried by a spring a, provided with a beveled end a is provided for maintaining the barrel-engaging frame in locked engagement with the barrel.

To the under side of the side bars a and the pivoted section a of the side bar a are arranged the supports f, there being two of such supports, as usual in wheelbarrow constructions, and they will be preferably braced by means of struts or braces f. The wheelbarrow is shown en aging a barrel larger in diameter at its medial portion than at its ends, and when used with such a barrel the device as just described will probably be sufficient to properly engage the barrel and support it while being transported; but many IIO ash-barrels and waste=barrels are made of metal and are generally cylindrical from end to end, and therefore in order to render my device eflicient in supporting both types of barrels I provide a hooked arm g, bolted at g to the center of the cross-bar of, the hooked end extending downward and rearward, as shown at 9 in position to engage and hook under the lower end of the barrel. This hooked arm 9 will be braced by struts or braces 9 extending upward and forward and outward and secured by bolts 9 to the side bars a and a, as shown clearly in the drawings.

It is thought that the operation of my invention is clear from the foregoing description and that no further description of its op eration is necessary.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A barrel-truck comprising a rigid substantially rectangular wheel-frame, a wheel mounted to turn therein, a barrel-engaging frame extending rearwardly from the wheel frame and comprising a fixed side bar, a side bar pivoted to swing in a horizontal plane and a locking device for locking the pivoted side bar, substantially'as described.

2. A barrel-truck comprising a rigid sub- 30 stantially rectangular wheel-frame comprisin suitable side and cross bars, one of the side bars extending rearwardly of one of the cross-bars and the other side bar formed of two parts hinged together adjacent to and to 3 5 the rear of the aforesaid cross-bar, a suitable locking device for engaging the pivoted section of the hinged side bar, suitable supports for maintaining the side bars in a substantially horizontal position, and a hooked arm 40 HENRY D. FLOYD.

Witnesses 1 T. HART ANDERSON, MAY A. KENNEY. 

